Carrot Cake Truffles are an easy fall treat to put together and the frosting in the middle is so delicious! You have to try them!

I spent the weekend in New Orleans with my husband.

Which sounds like tons of fun, except for the fact that since Jon David wasn’t coming, I had to leave him with his Gram.

And in case you didn’t know, I am the worst kid leaver EVER.

I keep thinking that eventually I’ll get good at it, but NO. Not happening. And it’s not even a matter of his Gram. I mean, she’s perfectly great. I could leave him with the Secret Service and still have serious issues.

“How well can they see behind those dark glasses? Do they know how to make good snacks? Is it possible to even run in that suit????”

See? Tons of things could go wrong.

Honestly, it’s like a miracle that there are even safe, healthy kids roaming the earth that don’t live under my constant supervision. Every afternoon when I pick my son up from school, I see children running around smiling, none of whom have axes lodged in their foreheads or missing limbs. HOWISTHATPOSSIBLE???

The list of things that could go wrong while my son is under someone else’s care is long. HUGELY long. But a few of the ones I worry about the most are:

Eating meals–choking, burning himself on something hot, cutting himself with a steak knife and or/stabbing himself in the eye with a fork.

Walking/running–tripping, causing him to hit his head on a rock or break a bone.

Bathing/showering–swallowing too much water and drowning, slipping and falling and hitting his head on the faucet, etc.

Obviously, it’s a bit of a conundrum, as the only activities I deem safe for him to do while I’m out of town are…sitting and watching TV, breathing, and staying still.

Which, I have tried leaving that as instructions on my DAILY LIST OF RULES AND ACTIONS, but for some reason, no one takes very well to it. So my son just plays outside and eats food, risking his life while I’m hours and hours away, unable to come running.

So you can understand why I consume massive amounts of frozen cocktails while away from my kid. It’s a coping mechanism, nothing more. A $12 Daquiri is a small price to pay for peace of mind if you ask me.

Anyways, before we went out of town, I baked up tons of treats to keep myself from dwelling on the fact that I was leaving my kid for a few days. One of them was these yummy Carrot Cake Truffles (Yes, I know that technically they are Cake BALLS, and not truffles but I cannot bring myself to call one of my desserts a BALL. Sorry)

I’m not big on the mushy texture of cake pops (balls) so I just used a few Tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk as a binder instead of a can of frosting. I then made some cream cheese frosting for the center…it tastes just like eating a piece of carrot cake, only better!!

16 oz vanilla candy coating (you can use almond bark or candy melts...lately I've been using CandiQuik, which is sold with the baking items at Walmart, and I love it)

8 oz block of cream cheese, slightly softened

4 Tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

In the bowl of a mixer, combine cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Beat on medium until smooth and combined. Slowly add powdered sugar and beat on low until just mixed. Increase speed to medium-high and beat for about 2 minutes. Refrigerate frosting for a couple of hours to let it get firm.

Crumble carrot cake in a large bowl, making sure there are no large pieces, only fine crumbs. Add 2 Tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk and stir until combined. Grab a bit of the cake and squeeze it in your fist. If it holds together well, it's good. If not, add another Tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk and try again. You want it to be able to form a ball, but not be super squishy.

Line a large baking sheet with wax paper. Remove frosting from fridge and form into small balls (it may help to sprinkle your hands with powdered sugar to prevent sticking). Form the cake around the frosting and roll into a ball, and place on wax paper lined baking sheet. Refrigerate for about an hour, until firm enough to dip in candy coating.

Melt candy coating according to package directions. Place cake TRUFFLES in the melted candy, and spoon candy over it. Slide a fork under the truffle and remove to wax paper. I dipped mine twice so it would be nice and smooth on the outside. Garnish with additional melted orange candy if you want.

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These were really really good and the frosting in the center makes them really stand out.

In other news:

On my other site, I played a prank on my kid and videotaped it. You can CLICK HERE if you’re interested in seeing such nonsense. You’re welcome

My Melted Witches were nominated for Yummly’s Halloween Recipe Contest. If you had a spare second to click THIS LINK, scroll down to the bottom of the post, and hit “LIKE” next to the Melted Witches (or whoever you see fit to win, don’t let me make a liar out of you) I’d very much appreciate it.

I hope you all have a fabulous Tuesday!! Thanks for stopping by.

About Kristan

Hey cutie! Thanks for reading :) Let me introduce myself -- I'm Kristan (pronounced Kris-TANNE) a work-at-home mom living, baking, and online shopping in Fort Smith Arkansas. I have a 12 year-old son Jon David, a 4 year-old daughter Lucy, and a husband, Jess. I completely adore all of them 96% of the time (the rest of the time you can find me drinking my feelings with a box of Pinot). I hope you stay awhile -- I'd love to get to know you!

I can completely relate to your fear of leaving your precious child with someone, but I would have to say that my fears are validated…
1999: Let grandparents take my 5 year old son to Disney World – They lost him! Thankfully I drilled my son day and night before going what to do in case that happened and made him wear a fanny pack with grandparents cell phone and our phone number to give to an employee with a name tag. :P
2001: Left other child with Grandma to babysit – broke his elbow on their trampoline.
2003: Allowed son to go with Dad up north – broke his wrist from DRIVING. INTO. TREE. WITH. QUAD RUNNER!

So I would say that your fear that something terrible might happen is legit ;)

Thank goodness someone shares my same sense of irrationality. My own PARENTS watch my son while I’m at work, and I still call at least once a day to check in. Maybe two or three times, I don’t really keep count, okay?

oh my word are we related or something. I will keep anyone elses children and always kind of snicker when they say they do not let there kids stay with friends. i love letting my kids have sleepovers, how crazy is it that they can have friends over but they can not go to friends to have a sleep over

When I leave my daughter with her grandparents I just reasure myself that she will have fun and she will be fine. It ends up working and I don’t worry so much. I have been wanting to try making something like this lately. I might have to try them. They look really good, and I love carrot cake. You are so creative.

“Honestly, it’s like a miracle that there are even safe, healthy kids roaming the earth that don’t live under my constant supervision.” BAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! Oh, and please ship me a case of these truffles. I kinda don’t like pumpkin pie so I always make a different dessert for Thanksgiving to go along with it. You know, and eat it by myself because every one else eats the pumpkin pie. I think these jusy might make the cut.

OH SNAP (I have no idea if that is a valid term people use anymore, but i’m trying to stop swearing, so there it is), my bff is going to FLIP when I make these & send them to her!! She doesn’t like regular cake (I know, she’s a huge weirdo, but I’ve known her for over 20 years & love her TONS), the only cake she likes is CARROT CAKE!!

OMGosh!! I’m so excited!! I’m SUPER bad @ making cakes though….I hope I can do this. I wanna wait to make these for her birthday, but that’s not until Jan, if I don’t make these now, I’ll forget (how sad is that?!)

Any suggestions on packaging these up to survive shipping from Missouri to Pennsylvania & still be able to have them wrapped up super cute??

I don’t like desserts to be called balls either. My family has two like that. Add my two brothers and you have the makings for be thanksgiving jokes. This is on my thanksgiving list. Fo sho. This is why I like u!

You literally made me spit out my Starbucks! I know better than to drink anything when reading your posts. I know the feeling of wanting to have complete control of child safety. I have many stories I could tell you on that subject.

Glad you enjoyed New Orleans. We will be taking my son, who just turned 18 to the French Quarter this weekend. I wonder how “safe” that is??? LOL….however he will be in my constant supervision and I will do karate, use pepper spray and a taser if need be.

These “truffles” look yummy. My daughter loves carrot cake, so I printed the recipe and tucked it away to make for her.

I seriously don’t know how people can use a WHOLE CAN of frosting in cake pops…nay…truffles. The first time I made mine, I used just under half a can and it was more than enough. I will be making these fancy bites for the hubby since that is one of his favorite cakes.

Thank heavens I’m not the only crazy worrier. Add falling down the stairs and mysteriously stopping breathing while sleeping to your list and you’ve got me. Oh and the whole kidnapping or house burning down nightmare also I guess. Hope you had a great trip!

Your “truffles” look delicious…anything that falls along the lines of carrot cake is perfectly fabulous in my book…and then to miniaturize it makes them all that much better!
As for the meanderings of your mind while away from you child…I guess it comes with the territory…I never knew my mind could concoct such crazy images of my kids getting hurt in strange and eventful ways, that is until I had them….them everything my Mother ever told me made sooooooo much more sense!!!!

I made these over the weekend and brought them to work. With no formal announcement whatsoever, they managed to disappear before 10am! When I was asked for the recipe, I sent it directly from this web site to make sure credit goes to Kristan, because she rocks!! Thank you so much!

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